(PA-R) Gov. Corbett proposes 4 percent pay cut to state's largest employee union

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Source: PennLive.com

Teachers might have bristled at Gov. Tom Corbett’s request for a one-year pay freeze, but many state workers might well be envying teachers right now.

A salary freeze looks generous in comparison to what the governor wants from the state’s union employees.

Corbett is asking the state’s largest employee union — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 13 — for a 4 percent pay cut in the first year of a three-year proposal. He proposes increases of 2 percent in each of the next two years.

The average union employee is paid $34,000 a year. AFSCME represents nearly 33,000 workers.


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